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Alaska Airlines · 6 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer

SeaTac, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$138K/yr - $208K/yr

7+ years exp

Alaska Airlines is committed to creating an airline that people love, and they are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead their full-stack software engineering efforts. This role involves defining long-term strategies, developing and supporting products, and ensuring high-quality software delivery through agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

Acts as the lead subject matter expert on full-stack software engineering on an agile delivery team, collaborating with product owners, designers, and other developers to deliver business value on an iterative basis

Acts as technology SME for product team, often representing multiple teams to outside stakeholders

Architects, engineers, tests, and releases highly scalable and maintainable complex, end-to-end custom software applications

Ensures delivery of high-quality software assigned through clean coding practices and utilizing pair programming, test-driven development (TDD), continuous integration, and code reviews

Influences development of technology strategy aligned with achieving department goals and helps team to execute against strategy

Actively engages in the technology industry, by applying new concepts, networking and speaking on behalf of Alaska at conferences and meetups

Influences technology maturity across divisions and upwards in the company

Leverages a deep understanding of the team’s guest experience, business, and systems to mentor other engineers across multiple teams

Qualification

Full-stack software engineeringCloud technology expertiseMentoring engineersObject-oriented programmingAgile development methodologiesModern architecture practicesDesign patternsDriving new ideasNegotiating requirementsTest Data Management toolsMicrosoft Technology stackModern AngularContainersContainer technologiesUnit testingAI/MLSite Reliability EngineeringDevOps practicesInterpersonal skills

Required

7 years of experience in software engineering, or related area

Bachelor's degree with a focus in Computer Science or a related field, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree

Experience must include:

Acting as a full-stack software engineer building custom, high scale, n-tier applications using object-orientated languages (c#, java, etc.)

Utilizing appropriate design patterns to create clean, maintainable, and performant code

Expertise utilizing cloud technology and modern architecture practices to build high-scale distributed systems

Expertise mentoring other engineers and driving code quality via principles such as SOLID and modern design patterns

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to drive new ideas and technologies to communities of developers

High school diploma or equivalent

Minimum age of 18

Must be authorized to work in the U.S

Preferred

Experience with Test Data Management tools like Parasoft and IBM Optim

Experience with the Microsoft Technology stack (e.g., .NET framework, .NET Core, MS SQL, Azure cloud)

Experience with modern Angular (version 10+)

Experience leading technical projects with teams of 3 or more Engineers

Experience with containers and container technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift

Experience with unit testing and functional test automation (front and back end)

Experience with AI/ML

Experience with Site Reliability Engineering practices

Experience with DevOps practices and supporting tools, particularly Azure DevOps

Experience in Agile/Lean development methodologies

Experience negotiating requirements with stakeholders directly

Benefits

Free stand-by travel privileges on Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines & Horizon Air

Comprehensive well-being programs including medical, dental and vision benefits

Generous 401k match program

Quarterly and annual bonus plans

Generous holiday and paid time off

Company

Alaska Airlines

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Alaska Airlines provides rewarding careers in aviation by fueling a passion for service and helping others

Founded in 1932

Seattle, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

https://alaskaair.jobs

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